[Devon Thomas treadwell]

I have had that happen to me, too, and never figured out why. I just replaced the clip and it worked fine.

Hope that works for you, too.

[Devon Thomas treadwell]

Thanks, Matt! That was easy!

[Devon Thomas treadwell]

Augh. That’s easier said than done in this economy. Thanks for the reply, Edward.

[Devon Thomas treadwell]

No, it’s 32 bit. I’m really at a loss for what to try next. I ended up rendering this project on my laptop. If I continue to have problems with the next project on my quad core, I’ll give Sony a call.

[Devon Thomas treadwell]

I had a problem with the size of a still image until I realized that it was snapped before I’d adjusted the project size.

Try deleting the still that you have, make sure the project size is set properly, then snap it again and bring it into the timeline. I don’t believe the preview size affects it, but I’m new at this and could be wrong.

[Devon Thomas treadwell]

I’ve been moving the files around so that they’re always on the same drive as the program (I have Vegas on my laptop as well as the desktop).

Why would AVCHD files be an issue? I’ve been bringing in .m2ts files for editing without any problem before… (Not saying you’re wrong–just trying to understand this stuff!)

[Devon Thomas treadwell]

Media on the timeline is mostly AVCHD, one jpg sized to the project dimensions, some generated media using TrueType fonts, one .wav sound effect and three mp3 music clips. Total length of the timeline is just shy of 7 minutes.

I’ve already got an nVideo GeForce card, so switching out video cards probably won’t be the answer.

For now, I’ll try rendering to .avi in chunks. When I have an hour to spend with Sony support, I’ll give them a call. 🙂

Thanks for all your help.

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Thanks for that great resource. I was able to determine that the CPU does not seem to be overheating. When the program crashed, one of the quads was at 133F (56C). The others were a few degrees cooler. This SHOULD be well within operating temperatures from what I’m reading.

So… what now?

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Thanks for the reply, Graham.

The file renders fine on a laptop with half the memory and dual core processor, as opposed to my new desktop–4GB RAM and quad core processor. Very frustrating to spend money on an up-engined computer only to find it’s unable to do what the older laptop can!

How would I know if the processor is overheating? And what can be done about it? (The computer is less than a month old and not likely to full of dust yet.)

[Devon Thomas treadwell]

I’m rendering to an internal drive, but using media from a networked drive. I agree, that’s probably a large part of the issue.

What’s the best workaround? I want to keep my projects on an external drive. Should I copy the media to the internal drive until the project is finished, then move it? What’s the best way to keep the paths intact?

Thanks for the Preferences tip. That did the trick.